British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Mineral Rights Compensation Regulation (O.C. 134/2021)

O.C. 134/2021

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that (

a) the Mineral Rights Compensation Regulation, B.C. Reg. 19/99, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 1, and (

b) the Mineral Tenure Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 529/2004, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 2. Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Mineral Tenure Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 292, s. 92 Other: OIC 95/99, OIC 1161/2004 R10481661 March 11, 2021

SCHEDULE

Section of the Mineral Rights Compensatio n Regulation, B.C. Reg. 19/99, is amended (

a) by repealing the definition of “group of titles”, and (

b) in the definition of “value” by striking out “ sections and 6 ” and substituting “section 5”. 2 Section 2 (2) (a) (

i) and (ii) is amended by striking out “or group of titles”. 3 Sections and 9 (3) are repealed.

SCHEDULE Section 4 (11) of the Mineral Tenure Act Re gulation, B.C. Reg. 529/2004, is repealed. 2 The following

section is added: Land that ceases to be alienated land or subject to no registration reserve 4.1

(1) In this section: “conditional registration reserve” means a mineral reserve that permits registering a mineral title under circumst ances or subject to lim itations contained in the reserve; “mineral reserve” means a mineral reserve under

section of the Act; “no registration reserve” means a mineral reserve that prohibits a free miner from registering a mineral title on land covered by the reserve.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), if a person holds a claim in respect of a cell and either of the following applies to land within the cell, the mineral or placer rights of the holder of the claim extend to that land: (

a) the land (

i) ceases to be alienated land, and (ii) is not subject to a no registration reserve; (

b) the land (

i) ceases to be subject to a no registration reserve, and (ii) is not alienated land.

(3) The following applies if, at the time the event referred to in subsection (2) (a) (

i) or (b) (

i) occurs, a portion of the land referred to in that subsection is subject to a conditional registration reserve: (

a) in the case of a conditional registra tion reserve that permits registering a mineral title under circumstances, the holder’s mineral or placer rights do not extend to that portion until those circumstances exist; (

b) in the case of a conditional registra tion reserve that permits registering a mineral title subject to limitations, the holder’s mineral or placer rights that extend to that portion are subject to those limitations.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 134/2021
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0134 2021
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	829f56052c6d6d2078b579df03846f77c813139a

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